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THE CLIMAX
FRENCH TIPT0N W GWHITE
WEDNESDAY DECEMBERS 1SS7
The Green River country is re
joioing in a gas well of great
Prof A B Palmer LL D
Dean of the University of Mich
igan is dead
Mrs Margaret M Alford moth
er of lion Mitch Alford ded in
Lexington on Saturday
Daniel Manning late Secretary
of the Treasury died in Albany
New York on last Saturday
aftor a long illness
A family named Kelley lived
in the Pan Handle country of
Texas They disappeared re
cently and a search of the prem
ises revealed the skeletons of five
men and one woman who had
evidently been murdered
John J Littleton editor of the
Nashville Review was waylaid
and shot by a man named Banks
on last Saturday Littleton was
a defeated candidate for Mayor
on the Republican ticKet and was
opposed by a Republican faction
headed by Banks The act was
a cowardly one
Governor Buckner has signified
his intention of elevating and re
storins the office of Colonel 01 Staff
to its former dignity and respect
Hereafter none but men with
military knowledge will receive
the appointment and only a few
of them and the appointees will
be required to have a uniform
and appear on special occasions
Something ought to be done to
curtail the acquirement of titles
in Kentucky The rage for titles
has long since reached that point
where a title is in a manner mean
ingless
THE GROWING SOUTH
A remarkable industrial activi
ty is noticeable throughout the
Southern States Money is evi
dently plentifuland the spirit to
make use ot it is manifested in
ever locality The Manufactur
ers Record a journal of impor
tance published in Baltimore
sums up in its last issue the pros
perous condition of the South as
follows
Throughout the entire South the
activity in industrial developments is
increasing and the summary of the
principal new enterprises reported
during one week only shows that the
South is rapidly becoming the seat of
vast manufacturing interests that will
add untold wealth to that section
Taking up the list by States Alabama
makes a remarKable exhibit At An
liistou arrangements have been Anally
concluded by the unanimous vote of
the English stockholders of the United
States Rolling Slock Co for building
immense freight and passenger car
locomotive works to cost SlOQAOOw
and to employ not 1 - limn 1000
skilled and disburse for
I - and labor 10000 a day a
oempany with capital not less than
900000 has been organized to build
dwellings in the same place and work
has commenced there 011 an electric
plant the cars to be run by electric
storage batteries which will be the first
line of that kind iu the South at
Bessemer an electric light power
plant is being built and a new maciiiue
sliop will be established Birmingham
is starting a liorse shoe faetory found
ery and machine works and will prob
ably establish nut and lock factory
Michigan capitalists have bought a
saw mill aud timber lauds near Brew
ton for 55000 Deeatur has secured
the promised removal of the Urbaua
Ubio Car Works owned by the same
company that will build new works in
Aunistou thus giving Alabama two
great car building plants besides those
now under construction at Birming
ham and Gadsden at Helena 200 coke
ovens Lave been contracted for and
at Trussvilie 100 while many smaller
enterprises have been organized In
Arkansas a 200000 electric railroad
company lias leen organized at Little
Rock and a 20000 company oft lie
Rame kind at Pine BlulE At Athens
Ga a paper mill company has been
organized and near the same town a
5000 spindle cotton mill will be com
menced at once a new cotton mill
will probably be erected at Augusta or
an old mill purchased and improved
30000 cotton gin factory is contem
plated at Macon Ga and at New
man 50000 has been raised for build
ing a cotton mill a 25 000 carriage
factory is to be started at the same
place a fertilizer factory will be built
at Quitman a marble quarry opened
at Palmetto and a broom factory estab
lished at Tallapoosa Iu Kentucky 65
000 acres of coal lauds have been pui
cbased and four new mines will be
opened a wood working factory ingo
ing up at Owensboro A New Orleaus
brewery company have havecontracted
for a 55000 eulargemenr Iu Balti
more a 30000 furniture manufacturing
company has been organized iron ore
property in Caroline county Md will
be developed by Philadelphia capital
ists 200000 will be spent in -building
new gas aud water works in Baltimore
county while of smaller Industries
such as canning factories and flour
mills several are reported Iu Missis
sippi a 20000 canning factory is to be
started at Bay SU Louis at Jackson
a large taw mill and wood tvorkjng
factory -will be established the entire
plant to be moved frutn Michigan and
at Wesson it is said that the great Wes
son cotton and woolen mills will prob
ably be doubled In Korib Carolina
there Is considerable activity In new
enterprises Including two cotton mills
at Salisbury probably a 1500U spludle
mill at Durham a wood pulp mill at
Lin coin ton and a dozen or more saw
mills flour and grist mills and kindred
enterprises In South Carolina a 30
000 engine and boiler manufacturing
company has been organized at Colum
bia a cotton mill company at Green
ville at Donaldsonville a 5000 flour
mill and at Wallacevllle a mill In
Tennessee Atheus ba contracted for
water works in Chattanooga an ice
factory and cold storage warehouse are
to be built an iron works company
have purchased 10 acres of laud on
which to build new works the location
for a new furnace has been selected ut
Columbia a carriage lactory is to be 1 and uever delivered for the want
trial town is to be started aud several
iroa and eleel plants built at
ville coal mlue3 are being opened at
Knox ville a marble quarrying compa
ny baa jjeen organized tbe Memphis
Manufacturing Brick Ctj vlll in
crease tfielr capital frotrfiloSOOO to
250000 at Morristown
liEirrptaht W ill bebuUt tfriil at Nash
ville a company to manufacture
motors cars c lias been organized
Texas shows up with a S300000 light
power and beating company at Austin
a 60000 electric light and manufactur
ing company at Dallas a 50000 flour
mill company at Greenville a 80000
ice factory company at Houston a 5
000 canning factory at Jacksonville
20000 water works company at Purl
and 36000 mining and SoOOOO g
company at Texarkann In Virginia
railroad machine Miniis lo cst 75000
ami 00000 recpectively have been con
tracted lor at Crews and Graham the
contract has lieen made for a 300 laurel
flour mill at Richmond and a SJOOOO
lumber and manufacturing company
lias been incorporated thile tevrai
flour mill canning factories e liave
ben started In West Virginia a
large saw mill nd logging railroad are
being built at Burlington a lliur mill
at Ronceverte e
As a brief eumiuRiy of the leading
enterprises reported for one week only
this list shows wonderful activity
throughotit the South and iiidleates
how general is this development and
how wide the range of new industries
WALTON OX DOCK
The astounding statement is made
that Minister Buekwho was unheard of
outside his own locality till the Pi esi
deut commissioned him to represent
the United States at Peru is a candi
date to succeed Air Beck in the Sen
ate The cheek of a government
mule ha3 heretofore been considered
the climax of efforts iu that direction
but the cheek of this little Buck cause
that of the g m to pale into Insig
nificance When he was given the
10000 position over more capable and
more deserving men it was generally
considered another proof that it takes
a fool for luck and nobody raised a row
over it but this sublimity of gall is
crowding the monkeys too far and the
public and Legislature will not be
slow to resent this further eilort to
substitute assurance for statesmanship
and cheek for capacity Senate r
Buck Shades of Breckinridge and of
Stevenson defend us Interior Journal
A WORD
The Kentucky Legislature will as
semble upon December 31st All that
it has to do is to re elect Mr Beok to
the United States Senate and to pss
a few appropriation bills Its exlsteivce
is limited bylaw to sixty days but
unhappily it lias the power through
concurrent resolution of extending its
terms indefinitely The only possible
excuse lor its lingering longer limn
the sixty days would be an eflort to
put the State in line witli the rest of
the world in the mailer of commercial
paper A great State which alows 1
equities to be pleaded against a pro-
missory note in the hands of an liQHesl
purchaser and which aJlov -three
days grace on a sight draff has not
emerged from Jhe Middle Age Cin
cinnati Enquire-
AT TIIE CAPITAL
tCorrwjwixJeftee ClikaxI
Washington- D C Dec 23 18S7
Public but biebs has made but slow
progress this week A number of bills
were introduced in the Senate but the
House is still iu sUilu quo Tlie ap
pointment of the Committees lias iieen
delayed somen hat by the Thoebe
Carlible contet The Houe however
will set down to work on the 5th of
January and then dispose of bu Iuesa
witli di palcli The only day of any
interest in the House was on Frhlay
when Heed of Main opposed the mo
tion of Haleh of IiIie6oun to adjourn
from th 19th of December lo January
4 Tlie member from Muine charged
that tlie Democrats were only delaying
public business which Mr Hatch and
other members resented and claimed
that it would greatly expedite busiues
to adjourn until alter the appointment
of the Committees Keed also declar
ed Unit hi- parly was anxious for au
opportunity to vote to reduce the tar
iff ami the Democrats replied that
they should sohii have tlie opportunity
and that when they had the opportu
nity last session they had always voted
agiinst the reduction In the discus
sion the Republicans virtually admit
ted that they were agreed to vole fori
the repeal of the tobacco tax and as
tlie Democrats have also likewise ex
pressed themselves that one question
may be regarded as Fettled
It is rumored that Henntor Chandler
of New Hampshire is bitterly oppos
ing in committee the confirmation of
Secretory Lamar as Associate Justice
of the Supreme Court but there U not
the slightest doubt of his confirmation
A few of the Republican Senators may
not vote for it but many of them w ill
and so before many days tlie Secretary
will be a Judge
Au important paper luid before Con
gress tliis week is an index of Smith-
em claims and claim1 referred to
Court of Claims under the Bowman
act It shows the lotaIiiumber
claims referred to Congress 4the dis
allowed aud barred enfces to be tome
22208 representing in mouey value
5025S160 Mmiy of these flalm are
just mid supported by the best evidence
but barred because not filed within tiie
time allowed by the act- It is lieliev
ed that sit a day uot far distant all
these cases will be reopened -and t ent
to the Court of Claims for filial sd
judication -
be cited whole forvflfly cents and a
dollar cold walches and diamond
rings have ieen purchased Tlie pack
ages are all sealed and 110 purchaser
Lkuows wiiat he buys until lie opens
lils package after paying fur it
Piliing of national Interest lias
transpireJ tliis veet yti all tlte news
paper men have bad little but dry de
tails to write about Something may
be worked up by tho next lelter H
NEWS PARAGRAPHS
There Is a good opening in Versailles
for a Dry Goods Store Our two dry
goods Urms ell lSo000 per annum
and one of tjiem s W Marstou Ls
do lug out Versailles Suu
Senator Beck introduced a lull pro-
viilinj that every person who carries
on business of a retail dealer In liquor
mailufMCturer of tolwcco snuft or
cigar or dewier in tobacco without
having paid a special tax therefor
shall be liable to a flue of 500 or im
prisonment in a county jnll whithout
hard labor not more thau one year
Tiie steamer Miranda from Halifax
lo New York having In tow a cigar
sitaned timber raft 560 feet long and
eight feet wide has not been heard
from since leaving Brier Island on the
lOUi and the belief is that she has
drifted out of her course and probably
cut loose from the raft which contains
i7000 ligs a body sufficient to sink
any vessel colliding with it
The iirst meeting of the Chicago
Haymarket Committee has been held
and it was decided to stop the in
flow of money as the 7000 on hand
was deemed ample to erect a suitable
memorial of the heroism of the police
It is probable the monument will not
be located on the exact spot where the
bomb fell but will be raised not far
haw ay in the center of the great square
The statutes of Soulh Carolina pro
vide that any one who shall break a
lock and enter a house in the night
lime to rob shall on conviction
Miller life imprisonment Under this
statute two colored boys aged respec
tively ten aud thirteen years have
just received a life sentence at Cam-
dem iu thit State The Governor
will be called upou to mitigate the
severity ol the sentence
A member of Congress Is allowed 20
cih per mile going to mid returning
from Washington and this item alone
footed up 1 1207340 lor the simile ses
sion of the 40th Congress The aver
age received by the members was
33650 the j delegate from Arizona
who was allowed for 4000 miles re-
ceivi tig 1000 It is said that a bill
will be introduced to cut the amount
down to actual expenses but it will
not become a law The mileage grab
is too good a thing ever to be surrender
ed without a terrible struggle Interior-Journal
A negro boy named John Coiyar
who wails oil Judge Varnon lias leen
in the habit of taking a swig out of Ills
botle every morning when lie went
to clean out his room By some mis
take u bottle of ammonia got in the
DOMliou usually occupied by the other
medicine and the negro thinking thai
the Judge had changed to brandy
from old Bourbon took a big swallow
The result was that his mouth and
throat nee terribly burned aud he lias
siit been Iu a very pitiable condition
Stanford Journal
One of the arguments against he
prohibition law iu this county in its
hearing before the Court of Appeals
in the Burnt ides case was the sweep
ing nature of it no liquor being allow
ed to be sold under it on prescription
for medical objects or for sacramental
I Kir poses Upou this question the
court wiili some how at humor cays
One who is seeking to obtain the
privilege of selling liquor by retail or
as a beverage cm not question the
constitutionality of the law which de
nies him lilt privilege upon the ground
that it forbids the sale of liquor even
for religious or medical purposes as
prescriptions are not tilled iu bar
rooms uor the communion tables sup
plfed from sudh places The attor
neys for the appellant say the whole
opinion is a clear dodge of every ques
tion presented Stanford Journal
CONCERNING FARMERS
At Winchester court there was a faiH
crowd Probably 400 catlle on the
market witli good light selling at 3 55
Robert Scott sold a lot of hogs a few
tjuys ago that averaged 510 pounds
He got 6- cents per pound for them
Lexington Gazette
W C Van meter of Clark bought of
Clayton Howell of Mt Sterling for
Jim W Instep of Moorefield W Va
a Perclieron stallion for 1000
Claiborne and Thomas Lisle sold
Saturday to Ben Patlon nine broke
nailer from two to five years old 1 14
liandi high for S1000 Winchester
Democrat
Maud 8 has been brought tlowiu ln
New York City from TarrytowuJiind
Mr Homier is driving her double with
Piekant The two go well together
and the Turf thinks they should lie
able to break the team record next
season
Farmers in Calhoun ounly Ga
aud in some parts of South Carolina
are anting hog cholera very successfully
by mixing common soda in the food
fed to their hogs It would be a- good
Idea lor every farmer who reads this
to cut lids out aud paste it ifthis book
of reuinjSijTlie remedy Is aAery cheap
and haWnless orier - -
The Post Office Department has Meesengel Chief -property of G A
beeTTtliebUalent df ull theDepsrtmcrHi Slivgerfjr editor
this week- On
TJiuftdjiyjrbidVre bjr AudalIalv Pilot dam by
lurniMiiug jnaU bagjIpcEs Mambrinrr lessen ger died at tlie
opened ior
tasieners anu - inner Uluiuem tUUHre
were some 5G Esdstubmtted mid they
range fiom one cent up to fifty cents
They were merely for tiie use of the
devices by tlie Department the Gov
ernment to jmy Tor the material mid
manufacture From 20000 fooOO
new bags are made for use in tlie De
partment every year and so the pat
entee of improvements in mail bags
are all anxious to liave their inventions
adopted The present bag Iu -use has
been used for 20 3 ears past but the
Government Is anxious to have a bet
ter bag and 0 If any one of the baps
submitted meets tlie requirements il
will probably be adopted The award
will not be made before the 15 h of
next February
The dead letter shle is now in pro
gress and tbePost OfliceDepartiurut
will realize many lliousntTUs of dollars
from the sale of JewSlryfiifd nil other
articles sent througTi tlie malls
siames 01 niacey uros at Versailles
frna raptunnfa blood vessel He
was valued at 0000 and was the
sire oTMaud IsiWsenger 210 J and Sam
Jones pacer 2il8
Mr J G Brondii from Topeka
Kan is in the city representing a syn
dicate of capitalists at Topeka that
own 50000 acres of land and they
want to stock it with due horses So
Ihey have sent Mr liroadus here to
Jwy 250000 worth of fine hordes to
take witli him He certainly has
come to the light place arid U wel
comed most cordially Lexington
Howaid Walls auctioneer sold Sat
urday for J A Bflniipy special com
tiilriioner 109 acres of unimproved
laud to R D Ramsey and sisters at
8876 per acre 24 acre of Improved
land to It D Gordon at79 10 per acre
lacresf improved land to Tims B
PJeKall ju 77 25 per acre and 3i acres
built at Cumberland Gap a new indus 4 of a proper address or other cause 0f improved laud to tlie same for 530
Many bargains are obtained by the
purchasers aud many instances can
50 nil this land belonced to the estate
pfjbe late Frankly n Ramsey aud was
situated near Pilot View Winchester
Democrat
G M Hart auctioneer r puts the
sale of Jus Flyiin last Tuesday fb
being well attended Horses brought
from 35 to 135 cows from 7511 to
21 corn 133 to 137 per stack
fodder 13 cts per stuck farming im
plements sold well One of the most
important sales of thoroughbreds held
for a long time was held nt Lexington
Thursday It comprised Ilie rachu
studs of Hon W J Scott of Erie Pa
and G M Rye and P Mack of this
State The highest price paid was
10000 for Tea Tray two yeais old
who went lo the JJwyer Bros of
Brooklyn Torchlight and Sulan half
brothers of Tea Tray and the same
ge brought 7600 and S5I00 respec
tively D N Parrlsli of this county
untight Imported Rescue four years
old by Pellegrlno for 170 Thomas
B Jones bought the yearling bay filly
Fannie Summers by Ten Broeek dam
Simple Gdd for 500 W H An
drews sold a two year old Hindoo War
dance Ally for 475 B H Jones being
the purchaser Over a hundred horses
were sold at an average price of 1020
Winchester Democrat
CoaVN SWV SgSfi
thousands suffering from Asthma Con
sumption Coughs etc Did you ever try
Ackers English Remedy It Is tho best
preparation known for all Lung Troubles
sold on a positive guaranteo at 10c 50c
Sold by W G While Prescription
Druggist
Grand Master J Soule Kmilh ba
decided that the past masters degree
must be taken before a Musou cm
serve as master of his lodge not with
standing a resolution that the degree
was not necessary passed by the recent
urand lodge
A man who has practiced medicine for
40 years ought to know salt from
sugar read hat he says
Toledo O Jan 10 1887
Mesrs F J Cheney Co Geutle
men I have been in the general
practice of medicine for most 40 years
aud would say that in all my practice
and experience huve never seen a
preparation that I could prescribe with
as much confidence of success as I can
Halls Catarrh Cure manufactured by
you Have prescribed it a great many
limes and its effect is wonderful and
would say in conclusion that I have
yet to fiud a case of Catarrh that it
would uot cure if they would lake IC
according to directions
Yours truly
- L L GOHSUCH M D
Office 215 Summit St
We will give S100 for any case of
Catarrh that can not be cuied with
Halls Catarrh Cure Taken internal
ly F J CHENEY CO
Pro Toledo O
Sold by J J Brooks 75 cts
Capt G W Knott an ex oflicer ol
the British Army was drowned at
Corpus Christi Texas last Sunday
Childrens
Store
Books at
Whites Drug
dec3 tf
The Senate Pensions Committee re
ported it bill placing the name of Mr
John A Lokuii on the pension list at
the rate of 2000 per annum
V nro0 c Blood Elixir is the only
v Blood Remedy guaran
teed It is a positive core for Ulcers Erup
tions or Syphilitic Poisoning It parities the
whole system and banishes all Rheumatic
and Neuralgic pains We guarantee it
Sold by V G While Prescription
Druggist
W i Lee uho shot his stepfather
S W Rawson a Chicago bank Presi
dent some months since was arraign
ed Wednesday anil pleaded not guilty
lo au indictment charging him wltii
shooting witli intent to Kill He was
remanded in default of SI 0000 bond
At Cost and Below
Intending to close out my stock of
Christmas Goods I will sell at cost nod
below W G WHITE
Druggist 2d St near Garnet t House
decl3 tf
W T Buckner Br the well kuovn
breeder of iSliort horns in Bourbon is
dead He leaves besides other valua
ble property 2000 acres of laud worth
100 an acre
v rv Of 0 good things of this
vxvv life are sorrowfully let
alone -on account cf Dyspepsia Ackers
Dyspepsia Tablets will cure Dyspepsia
Indigestion and Constipation sold on a
positive guarantee at 25 and CO cents by
W G White Prescription DrujiKf t
Henry S Ives has sued President
Dexter of the Cincinnati Hamilton
and Dayton railroad for false urreit
damages being laid in 100000
You will be perfectly satisfied If you
deal at Whites Diuk Store nOtf
Swifts Iron aud Steele works in New-
on were Fold to a syndicate for 109
550 The properly belonged to E L
Harper the dethroned Nnpoleon of
finance and he left it a debt of 1200
000
irwvn the Cbildren They aro es
QVXVrVj pecially liable to sudden
Colds Coughs Croup Whooping Cough
etc We guarantee Ackers English
Remedy a positive cure It saves
hoars of anxious watching Sold by
W G White Prescription Druggist
The collections of internal revenue
for the first five monthx of tlie current
year amounted to 51860549 an in
crease of 3854742 as compared with
Hie corresponding period of Iastyear
Syrup of Figs
Is Nntures own true laxative It is
the most easily taken and the most
effective remedy known to Cleanse the
System when Bilious or Costive to
dispel Headaches Cold and Fevers
to cure Habitual Constipation Indiges
tion Piles eta Mauuficlured only
by the California Fig Syrup Company
San Francisco Cal Sold by Stockton
Willis I2juti ly
Miss Slrunk or Winfleld Tenn
wjs sttuck by a freijli train which
had broken in two while1 gofng up
Lassing Hill 011 the Southern rnadaud
eo honibly mangled that she died be
fore anyone could reach her
-
Linen Books at Whites Drugstore
decl3 tf
The Court of Appeals has affirmed
the sentence of Eugene Fitzgerald
who killed Tice Hall at Georgetown
which gnve him 13 years in the peni
tentiary and the MMitetce of V H
Siemore for life for killing Abucr
Little in Floyd county
CTOSS nr trnnlilfr1 -with
Windy Colic Teething Pains or
Stomach Disorders can be relieved
W G White Prcscrlptioa Druggist
JAPANESE FARMS
iisod onlv in a few localities and tlion
noLfor loojenins fho sVil but lo throw K
up befls I saw the first 0110 to day
near this pi 10c All ground is dry and
perfect prepared Tho spal and
fork arc unknown but spadc lki hoos
and forks do all tho digging Notji
weed is over scon Jind not a foot of
ground is over wasted Between tho
rice patches tho littlo ridgo which
confine tho flooding waters aro plantod
in pens or somo other crop
Tho land is all doublo cropped Ill
Miy tho wheat and btirloys har
vested I nniediatoly folows ricscorn
millet or something else One so s fico
sweet potatoes ogg plant millotof sev
eral varieties turnips carrots tarro
boans cotton lilies squash sesaiuutn
mnize or Indian corn buckwheat
hemp flax for whito cordage sugar
cauc dishras plant tea plant indigo
mulberry pear treos and many otlior
varieties of food crops side by sido In
littlo tiny folds and iu all stages of
maturity In tho large low lying
river valleys the rico fiel Is aro appar
ently of great exlont but on close ob
servation 0110 sees that cvon here fow
fields are much over one eighth to one
quarter of an aero in size
1 1 one locality I saw tea plantations
of a good mauy nrres tho possessions
of a single man But thoso aro excep
tions I saw rico being harvostcd in
Tokio October is tho rognlar harvost
month for this great stoplo It is tho
great crop of thiciuntry Formerly
all rents ivorc paid in rice
All lands belong to the Government
tho farmer pays so much of the crop in
liou of taxos Uulor now and bel
ter system of government all ronts 1
c taxc aro paid 111 money Former
ly a comparatively few daiiuios hel I
the ontiro country in fief paying to
the govornmunt so many sacks of rice
They lot tha land to the tonants tith
ing every thiii and virtu il y owned
tho masses The dhimlos are now a
Ihing of the past and tenants pay fixed
rents lo persons who rent tracts of
greater or loss sizi The farmer now
although ho is bound down in abject
poverty neither feols like nor has tho
air of a slave
Lands are fertilod to somo oxtent by
application of solid manures but tho
groat dependence is upon thorn in a
liquid form Every thing is saved
that can bs made to enrich
the crop all rich soil is
carefully proservod Conveniences
aro erected along the highways and
byways so as to prcvont any waste
Coa rsc grass and 1 of use straw is burned
and the ashos mixed in tho vats Deep
holos arc somotimo3 simply snnk in
the ground but more gonorally pits
walled with stone or wood are sunken
near ovory field Into U113 the manure
is dopositod to ripen and perfoctitsolf
Men boys and women then carry it in
pails on tho two ends of a bearing
pole over tho shoulders to the fields
and with it wator growing crops
When one meets one of those liduin
manure carriers on the road it is safo
to hold ones nose until the windward
lias baen gainod Women and mon
on their kneos weed Iho fields as at
home we woed a tiny flowor bed
Carter II Harrison in Chicago Mail
WHY SHE CAME OUT
A SufTorlns Woman SatUSosa Grumbler
Inqulsllii en css
A man who seomed to bs worried
with business cares and who having-
doubtless spent a sloepIa3S night was
given to nervous starts- was sitting in
a streot car whon a very small child
hold by a woman bogan to cry Tho
man moving irritably sjiid
I dont see why womon drag their
sickly babies out in such weather as
this I know that the siow windows
aro very attriti9 aivl that tho main
object of womans life lb to gaze at rib
bons and such stuff but I should think
that thorc are somewliore within lou
der rango of motherhood somo influ
ences that would induce a woman lo
keep a suffering child at home
Tho child cried louder and the irri
I
table man flounced and squirmed
The woman cast at him a glance of be
seeching meekness and with endear
ing words aud soft cooing tried lo
sooth tho chilli
AU efforts all but the right one
are tried the man muttered
1 Madam
Tho woman started and looked at
him
Will yon permit mo to ask you a
question
Ye sir
The man with nervous fervor con
tinned Thorc aro many thingwhicli
I do not understand and which 1 havo
determined shall not wear mo out
with their puzzling complications hut
tiiero is 0110 Ihing which I would
like very much to know and that is
why do women why do touporsist in
bringing that child out suoh a day as
this imperiling its own life and sliat
teiing the norves of pooplo who havo
never dono you any Jiarni This I
admit may be an unreasonable re
qnes and boforo flying off as I seo
you aro about to do I request that
von take a sonsiblo view of tho mat
ter
I Will got off tho car sir
Oh no I do not ask you to do
that I admit that I may bo present
ing a ridiculous phase of American
inquisitivoliess but to toll tho truth
I am a wretched dyspeptic and all
dyspoptics ought to bo hanged with
out annoyance of clergy all
that you see but I simply want to
know como now conic dont cry
Didnt ask you to cry asked you a
siniplo question s
I When I Ull you said tho woman
you wont bo ablo to understand
My littlo girl is is dying and I am
going to bog hor drunken fathor to
jcomc homo and goo hor SI10 has bocu
bogging all night to soo him and as
this little child wont stay with any
one but me I had to bring hor with
me
Great Heavens madam 1
Oil j ou dont owe mo an aprlpgy
sir I know thnt it is vory annoying
to hear a child cry and I must get oB
here No I dont -need any assist
ance Arkansaw Trarxier
Two ycai 3 ao Aloxandor Hanson
of Chiongo offered his sweetheart
one Ihousnn 1 dollar3 in cash if she
would marry him Sho accepted tlio
offer but ho hai stnea refused to pay
cither tlio money or tho intoi est on it
and sho has brotiglit suit against him
for fifteen hundred dollar d mages
According to tho San Francisco
Alia a church organ in that city has
boon benefited rathor than injured by
the accidental discharge of a bullot in
to it The instrument was out of or
der but since receiving the bullet has
produced almost as good music as
whon new
A wpndorful landscapo on exhibi
tion in Ptris U executed in Europoan
insects Every desired
tone is supplied by 45000 colooptcra
in the foreground and 4000 varieties
of the insect tribe for the remainder of
tie lJctr Tho Work rnnnh ml
fttAoa tnt nrof retfah peevish i ylwrs of tho artists time Boston
1 ranscripL
Chasing a bullacroS3 a soft swamp
Ae
It TrF TrS Ba7r Sooher 1 Wnrt olagricultnl pursuit that
r3 VPS even tho indinoMdht farmer do not
w w u u juj j wruis 001a OV
relish Pueli
1 The five-year-old son of John IHaU
illvinc near MU Vernon was romping
TtnSarBU a0nille3 m HI h penknife la tab
The farn all look like tho market Mian I when he fell the bUde entering
in nnn nir nt Tim nlnw is hi nee- evjrlng the mulu artery
Ill 1IIIII3 11 Li 111 Will -- ---------
The little fellow will die
f
la the place
f
lo eel vour sonV daughter
si ier wife husband sweelheait or
any ollurhllow u Christmas present
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Local Produce Markets
CORRKCTKB WEEKLY BV COVIKCTON
ARXOLn BRO GROCERS IRVINE
STREET RICHMOND KY
Richmond Ky Dec 17 18S7
Deef Cattle Butcher i -
Hogs 4SC
Sugar Cured Hams
Bacon Hams Country
Cured 2b5
Butter i520o
Chickens - 1 5 l 752
I egg - JO
H Wheat - 7007c
Flour -- 25J
Corn per barrel 25 J 50
Hay per 100 lbs jogkoc
Oats in sheaf per 100 His 40jo
Lard nl2c
Tallow 3t
Beeswax 5oc
Feathers - Jo35
Meal 6S7SC
Oats per bushel 400500
Orchard Grass 1 io 25
German Millet 120
Timothy Seed 3 00 25
Clover Seed 5 25 5
Oats in sheaf 64
Choice blue grass seed 0575
Red top seed 7535
Sweet Potatoes 1 oot 25
Irish Potatoes 75 l 00
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Absolutely Pure
Tlilt powder never varies A marvel of
purity strength and wholesomenes More
economical than the ordinary kinds and
cannot he -old in competition wilU the mul
titudes of low test Rliortwelehi alum or phos
powders Sold only In cans RoVAX
Bhato Powder Co 106 Wall 8U N V
Tnue 22 tf
Rooms for Rent
I have three large comfortable and
good room for rent over my store on
Main street ForparticuIarS call and see
depaS tf CCWALLACE
Fairna for Hent
I wish to rent for the year 1S8S posses
sion at once the
SIMMONS PLACE
on the Irvine turnpike of 54 acres of
land and good house with ten rooms half
mile from court house well watered with
two large barns and suitable for persons
who wish to remove to Richmond to edu
cate their children Would make an ex
cellent dairy farm
deczS it II BDILLINGHAM
SILEoflMUc
Y virtue of three warrants in favor
of the United States atrainst Thos
M Warren I will sell to the highest bid
der for cash on the premises of said War
ren near Edenton Madison county Ky
on
Saturday Jan 1 1888
at ii oclock A M one seventy five
gallon COPPER STILL with cap and
worm complete and
Six Barrels of Whisky
serial Nos 4 5 6 7 S and 9 three of
which are Iourbon and three Rye in
bond and subject to the tax also
A TRACT OF LAND
situated and bounded as follows
On the waters of Kentucky river
beginning at a stake in the yard of said
Thomas M Warren ninety -nine feet
from the north corner of said Warrens
residence thence one tiiousand and twen
ty feet wet t to walnut bush thence
south ninety -nine feet to a beech tree
thence east one thousand and twenty feet
to corner of T M lYarrensj residence
thence north nnety nine feet to the be
ginning or so much thereof as will be
necessary to rahe the sum of 19202
and the costs herein
W II MARTIN
dec8 2t Deputy Collector
HOWTAWaSSSSSS
extensions have developed exceptionally
fine mineral stock and farming districts
Maps anj full particulars free upon ap
plication to C II Warren Gen Pass
Agtbt Paul Minn
STflPK IN MINNESOTA From
O 1 UUIV an exeusive grain country
Minnesota is bein rapidly transformed
into the finest stock and dairy state in the
Union Cheap lands still obtainable con
venient to railroad Particulars free upon
application to C II Warren Gen Pass
AgtSt Paul Minn
1M If V U5ness Centers The build
li II ing of railroads in a new and
feitile country creates many new towns
affording excellent business opportunities
Particulars regarding such opportunities
in Montana Minnesota and Dakota will
be sent upon application to C II War
ren Gen Pass Agt St Paul
North Dakota never
iiad better crops
than those iust har
vest e J Many opportunities to secure
fine Government lands recently sun eyed
near excellent coal fields and adjacent to
railroad Maps and full -particulars free
upon application to C Warren Gen
Pass Paul Minn
-Are you mortgaged pay-
w v luu
U Im UU 1 ninsr behind Can iou
moe to a new location Excellent lands
cheap which will increase in value several
fold in five years No other inch oppor
tunities existing Full particulars free
upon application to C II Warren Gen
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i IX JJ U Xu known experience
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TOlj yWORK FOR ANOTHER
II H J or on a small salary Why con
tinue working on a worn out farm Why
trv to secure a living from such high
priced or heavily mortgaged farms Why
woik on rented land hy not start for
yourself Why not secure at once some
of the low priced but very fertile and well
located lands adjacent to railroads now to
be obtained by those going to Northern
Dakota arid Minnesota where y ou can
make a larger net profit per acre than on
the High priced or worn out land 3 ou now
occupy r Why not go and look the situa
tion over and see lor ourself or at ieast
uouiam lurmer mlormatoh which will be
lf r ie nt j r - ti
rrni ucc ji you win aouress - n J
Waircn Gen Pass Agt St Paul Minn t
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PUBLIC SALE
WE WILL OX
Thursday Dec 29 87
offer for sale on the premhe to the
highest bidder
The House and Lot
of about two acres of ground ou Lan
caster Avenue known as the II
Breck residence occupied by P Ram
sey j
Terms liberal aud made known on
day of eale Sale at 1 oclock v M
8 S Pahkes
J Ston Walker
M F AKBCCKIK
2dft Executors H A Moran
Notice to Contractors
CITY COUNCIL ROOMS
RlCifjiOMt Ky Dec 21 1887 f
tlutll Tuesday nlglitJainmry SI1S88
scaled bldij will be tecelved for opening
gradinc and a street
from Mn In street through tlie Barlow
property to the line of W II Smith
All bids to be left wih the City Clerk
For plans and specifications apply to
the City Engineer
1 lie right Is reserved to reject any
ouu au blus
By orderof the Board
8 PARRISH
21d2t City Engineer
JOHN P M TAYLOR
has opened at his new house on Main
street next door to Herndons corner
one of the nicest cleauest best stocks
of staple and fancy groceries In Ken
tucky These goods are fre h from
the cities and Just opened He expects
to make as good a grocer as he did a
pot mstert and asks his friends and
the public generally to call tf
NOTICE
nl have Bold out the tuterefl I had In
Jlie sadrileiy boaluess wlthWlC
ObVriileyo aiidatH Bo lunger con
nected withttie Uoasei r
decH 4t T J CURTIS
aTwintbr circus I
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CHAS SPOWELU I G Y FORMAK
POWELL FORM AN
Insurance
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J W CROOKE
Gloves
THAT IS
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IBT THE-
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THIS MAN RIDING SIX HORSES IS GO
ING TO
B- STOUFF
with all his might to huy a suit of Winter Clothing an Overcoat
and a hat He has heard that the weather will soon he as cold
as Alaska and he knows that Stouffer has an ample variety of
CLOTHING consisting of
Overcoats Suits Coats Vests
Pants Underwear Hats
and many other things useful as well as ornamentaLin Winter
This circus man who has heen several times round the world
says Stouffer pleases him better in every way prices quantity
quality and variety than any clothing man he has ever seen
decI 3U
F B CROOKE
Dry Goods Notions
Ladie
Uderwear
THET KEEP EVESYVHIIVG
SIRABLE
DRY GOODS LINE
thev sell at the same nrices you have to
pay for the same Goods v v
IE A1TY EASTEEN MARKET
You cannot buy in New York or Philadel
phia the Goods they handle at lower
prices than Crooke Son ask
Cloaks and Jackets iii Large
Variety
GO AND SEE THEflL
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New and fresh goods throughout embracing best brands a-
qualities
STAPLE FANCY GROCERIES
Queonsware Glassware Woodeawre
-S OBAOOOS GIG- JlE S
Ganned Qoods such as Ooxn sTomatoH
KA
Beans Peaches4 c - -
Paper -Water Buckets and Wash Tubs
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